A. Mojica, Bolívar Duarte, F. Vergara, Milagros Pinto-Núñez, Reinhardt Pinzón, J. Pérez, María Gabriela Castrellón, Carlos A. Ho, M. Gómez
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: Monitoring and quantifying hydrological flows in the vadose zone is complicated to analyze due to the effects of rainfall in the tropics, the dynamic interactions among rains, the vegetation layer, moisture in the soil, and the entire regolith. Quantifying subsurface hydrological flows at specific scales and high resolution presents further diffi‐ culties. To overcome these issues, resistivity methods can play an important role. This paper examines the results of gravimetric moisture content monitoring in the Panamanian tropics through time-lapse electrical resistivity tomography analysis. Changes in the electrical properties of soil were quantified through six tomographic tests performed between February 2012 and March 2013 along with a profile. Significant changes in resistivity were identified between February (dry season) and May, and August and October (rainy season), with negative percentages (–60%) indicating the effects of rain infiltration at the surface and positive percentages (60%) linked to moisture absorption in the soil, electrode relocation for each test or inversion pro‐ cesses. Additional laboratory analyses of soil samples were carried out to obtain gravimetric moisture content tomo‐ grams. The changes of this parameter in the subsurface horizons, and the percentage differences in the calculated resistivity values, are helpful for determining the impact of rain on the soils.
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Hydrological Research Letters (HRL) is an international and trans-disciplinary electronic online journal published jointly by Japan Society of Hydrology and Water Resources (JSHWR), Japanese Association of Groundwater Hydrology (JAGH), Japanese Association of Hydrological Sciences (JAHS), and Japanese Society of Physical Hydrology (JSPH), aiming at rapid exchange and outgoing of information in these fields. The purpose is to disseminate original research findings and develop debates on a wide range of investigations on hydrology and water resources to researchers, students and the public. It also publishes reviews of various fields on hydrology and water resources and other information of interest to scientists to encourage communication and utilization of the published results. The editors welcome contributions from authors throughout the world. The decision on acceptance of a submitted manuscript is made by the journal editors on the basis of suitability of subject matter to the scope of the journal, originality of the contribution, potential impacts on societies and scientific merit. Manuscripts submitted to HRL may cover all aspects of hydrology and water resources, including research on physical and biological sciences, engineering, and social and political sciences from the aspects of hydrology and water resources.
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